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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Players Dictionary and Class

Posted by Jordan James
Jordan James
1,929 Points

Can't tell what they're asking for here - seems like two different things but I could be wrong

Any help with this question is appreciated. Thanks.

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

players = re.compile(r"(?P<last_name>\w+),\s(?P<first_name>\w+):?\s?(?P<score>\d*)?", re.M)

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

The format of your solution should look something like this:

players = re.match(r"your regex pattern in here", string, re.M)

Your version was using re.compile instead of re.match, and you didn't pass the string you want to search.

Once you change your solution to match the format posted above, you'll at least start getting some helpful error messages (your regex pattern isn't quite correct, but it's not far off). I pasted in your pattern as a starting point, then was able to solve it using the error messages to point me in the right direction, so I think it would be worth you trying the same. Let me know if you need any other hints.